Canthon pilularius Linnaeus, 1758
| Monographie der gattung Canthon E Harold (1868) Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 12: 1-144 | |
| Contribution to a list of the Coleoptera of the Lower peninsula of Michigan C Townsend (1889) Psyche. Cambridge, Massachusetts 5: 231-235 | |
| Coleoptera of Central Illinois. Albert Wolcott (1895) Entomological News, Philadelphia 6(10): 309-310 | |
| A contribution to the study of the insect fauna of human excrement L O Howard (1900) Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci 2: 541-604 | |
| Central Texas Coleoptera W Knaus (1905) The Canadian Entomologist, Ontario 37: 348-352 | |
| Some results of the University of Kansas entomological expeditions to Arizona, in 1904 and 1905 Snow Francis Huntington (1906) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka 20: 155-181 | |
| Coleoptera found in the vicinity of Meriden, Connecticut H Johnson (1915) Entomological News, Philadelphia 26(7): 307-319 | |
| An annotated list of Gainesville, Florida, Coleoptera Herbert Dozier (1918) Entomological News, Philadelphia 29(9): 331-335 | |
| An ecological study of hammock and piney woods insects in Florida H Dozier (1920) Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Columbus 13: 325-380 | |
| Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Canthon Hffsg., Sybax Boh., Aphodius Ill., Simogenius Har., Ataenius Har A Schmidt (1921) Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin 86: 114-147 | |
| A South African Onthophagus found in United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) O L Cartwright (1938) Entomological News 49: 114-115 | |
| Fossil Arthropods of California.- 11 Descriptions of the dung beetles (Scarabaidae) of the tar pits W Dwight Pierce (1947) Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 45(2): 119-131 | |
| The Distribution of Northeastern Insects Bradley James Chester (1956) Entomological News, Philadelphia 67: 257-261 |